Sa wing-machine



UNITED STATES `PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN J. SQUIRE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SAWING-MACHINE.

Specication of Letters Patent No. 11,8113, dated October 17, 1854.

T0 all 'whom t may concern Be it kno-wn that I, JOHN J. SQUIRE, of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sawing-Machines for Resawing; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part4 of this specification, in which- Figure l, is a perspective view of my improved machine. Fig. 2, is a side elevation of ditto. Fig. 3, is an end view of ditto in elevation. Fig. 4, is a plan or top view of ditto. Fig. 5, is a longitudinal vertical section of the feed roller frame, the plane of section being through the center. Fig. 6, is a transverse section of the lower plate of the feed roller frame and bed plate. Fig. 7, is a plan and sectional view of saw guide. Fig. 8, shows two of the feed roller boXeswa top and side view.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

The nature of my invention consists: lst, in the en'iployment or use of a radius guide, E constructed and applied to the saw, as will hereafter be shown, for the purpose of controlling and guiding it as it enters the stuff to be sawed, and also insuring a'true movement of the saw, and preventing any vibration of the same.

2d, my invention consists in the employment or use of feed rollers F F Gr Gr placed within a sliding frame H, and arranged as will be hereafter shown, for the purpose of gaging the stuif to be sawed, and properly presenting said stuff to the saw, and also properly guiding it while being sawed.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A, is the frame of the machine, construct ed in any proper manner, so as to support the working parts.

B, Figs. l, 2, 3, and 4, is a circular saw, hung upon a mandrel, C, which works in suitable bearings, (o), (o), said bearings resting upon ways, (o), (b), on the upper part of the frame, A, see Fig. 4, a way, (o), being upon each piece of the frame. The bearings, (a), o), are connected together by a cross plate, D, shown in Figs. 1 and 4, the bearings and cross plate forming an adjustable frame, in which the saw mandrel, C,

is hung. The saw, B, is perfectly straight or even on the line side, but a portion of the opposite side is beveled as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, viz: from (c), to (d), is a true taper, the other portionis parallel with the line,7 or opposite side.

E, is a radius guide attached to the outer end of an adjustable arm, (e), the inner end of said arm being hung on an arm, `(f), in line wit-h the saw mandrel, C, see part-iculai-ly, Figs. l, 2, and 4.` The arm, (e), is formed ofy two parts, the lower part being a socket, in which the upper part slides, and is secured at any desired point by a set screw, (g). The guide, E, is formed of a stock, (It), which passes over the teeth of the saw, B, the stock being provided with dove tailed ledges, between which a slide, (j), is fitted, said slide having pins, (7e), (1), at both of its ends which are at" op- 75 posite sides of the saw, and nearlyin contact with it, see Fig. 1, and more particularly, Figs. 4 and 7. Theslide, (j), is operated by a thumb screw, (l), and the pins, (7c), are adjusted by means of set screws, 80 (77%) (m), which pass through sockets, (n), (nl, in which the pins, are fitted.

F, F, G, G, are vertical feed rollers placed in a movable or sliding frame, H, the rollers,

F, are permanently attached to the frame, H, and have no movement independently of it, eXcepttheir rotaryv motion, while the rollers, G, G, are itted in boxes, (o), (o), which work in grooves, (p), (p), on the uper and lower parts of the frame, H, said oxes being attached by arms, (g), to cross hea-ds, (r), (r), through which screws, (s), pass, said screws having pulleys, I, I, on their outer ends, around which pulleys, chains (t), (t), pass, having weights, (u), (u), at their ends, see Figs. l, 2, 3, 4, and 5, the chains and weights being omitted in Fig. 5. The boxes are shown detached in Fig. 8, one being a top view, and the other, a side view.

The frame, H, may be moved in a direcv tion transversely of the frame, A, and its bottom plate, J, shown in Figs. 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, is provided with ledges, (o), (o), which rest or fit between guides, (fw), (fw), upon a bed plate, K, attached transversely to the upper part of the frame, A, shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The frame, H, may be moved when necessary, by means of a screw,

L, which passes through a lug or projection,

\ pinions, Q, being thrown eitherrone of themY M, atl one side ofthe bed plate, K, and

through one of the side pieces of the frame,k

see Figs. 3, 4, and 5. The bed plate, K, is secured at one end on the rupper part of the frame, A, by screws, (m), (w), and at the opposite end by a oint or hinge, (y), shown clearly in Fig. 5, whereby the frame, H, may

be inclined, when desired, for the purpose of sawing the stuff in a beveled or taper.

form;

The feed rollers are operated by means of horizontal gear wheels, N, attached to the upper ends 0f the rollers, ythe wheels, N,` gearing in a pinion, O, on the upper end of lan upright shaft which .is provided with a bevel wheel, P, which gears into bevel pinions, Q, Q,fplaced loosely on a sha-ft, R,said

in gear with the wheel, P, by means of a lever, S, which voperates a Clutch, T, see more particularly, Fig. 3. vUnderneath the wheels,

N, are pinions, N', which gear into each other, and communicate motion to the outer rollers, G, G. Motion is communicated to the feed rollers, F, F, G, G, by means ofa belt, U, which passes around a pulley, V, on the saw mandrel and around a pulley,` W,

, on a shaft, X, running in suitable bearings i I' touching ythe saw.

By means of the feed rollers, F, F, G, G,

to the thickness of the stuff by means of the weights, (uw), (u), which keep them pressedk firmly against the stuff. The stuftI may also be sawed obliquely, by raising one side of ythe bed plate, K, and throwing the feed rollers angularlyA with the saw, as shown by the red dotted lines in Fig. 5.

The stufti to be sawed is fed between the rollers, F, F, and G, G, to the saw, the radius guide, E, restingupon thestuif.

I do not claim constructing a saw with a beveled or taper side, for they have been previously used, and strengthening thin saws by this means, or by securing plates to' them, is well known; neither do I claim the feedy rollers, F, F, G, G, irrespective of their arrangement and connection with Jthe frame, H. But

What I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The employment or use of the radius i guide, E, constructed, arranged, and ap plied to the saw, B, substantially as herein shown and described, for thepurpose of con trolling the same, and preventing any y,

tremor thereof.

2. `I claim placing the feed rollers, F, F, G, G, in a movable or sliding frame, H, constructed and arranged as herein set forth,

for the purpose of gauging the stuff to be sawed, and properly presenting said stuff to the saw, and guiding it while being sawed.

, JOHN J. SQUIRE. 

